倒栽蔥

Chinese

		upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	to force; to stick in; to plant	scallion; green onion
trad. (倒栽蔥/倒栽葱)		倒	栽	蔥/葱
simp. (倒栽葱)		倒	栽	葱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàozāicōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄗㄞ ㄘㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² zoi¹ cung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàozāicōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄗㄞ ㄘㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàozaicong
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tsai¹-tsʻung¹
    • Yale: dàu-dzāi-tsūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtzaitsong
    • Palladius: даоцзайцун (daoczajcun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² zoi¹ cung¹
    • Yale: dóu jōi chūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² dzoi¹ tsung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² zoi¹ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

倒栽蔥

1. to fall headlong; to fall head over heels

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 倒頭栽／倒头栽